Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 11 - Dead Weight - full transcript

A LONELY DIVORCEE

LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP
MEETS THE PERFECT ONLINE LOVER.

HE WAS REALLY SOMETHING,
AND YOUNG AND BUFF.

BUT PERFECTION COMES AT A PRICE.

HE LURED HER IN

AND HE STARTED TALKING
ABOUT HIS DARK SIDE.

IN A SINISTER
CYBER WORLD OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE.

I WAS SHOCKED.

THERE WERE THINGS
WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT.

NO ONE IS WHO THEY SEEM.

HE SAID,
"HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DANCE



FOR A COLD-BLOODED MURDER?

AND THE TRUTH
WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN
HAVE A CLUE WHAT THIS IS LIKE.

54-YEAR-OLD
SHEILA RAE HACHMEISTER

LIVES IN TOPEKA, KANSAS,
WITH HER HUSBAND BILL

AND ELDEST SON, JASON.

THAT STILL HURT?

IT'S GETTING BETTER.

33-YEAR-OLD JASON

HAS MOVED BACK HOME
FOLLOWING AN INJURY

HE RECEIVED WORKING
AS A RESTAURANT MANAGER.

SHEILA AND JASON ARE VERY CLOSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THAT'S GREAT.



THANKS.

SHEILA RAE
HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PAINTER

AND JASON WAS TALENTED.

THEIR PAINTING WAS
A COMMON INTEREST.

HE HAD A PLAN THAT HE WAS GONNA
BE SELLING IT ON THE INTERNET.

BILL TRAVELED A LOT FOR WORK,
SO HAVING JASON THERE

WAS A BIT OF A SUPPORT FOR HER.

BUT IN THE FALL OF 2007,

SHEILA'S WORLD
IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

AFTER 33 YEARS OF MARRIAGE,

HER HUSBAND BILL MOVES OUT.

IT WAS NEVER REALLY A MARRIAGE
OUT OF LOVE,

IT WAS A MARRIAGE
OUT OF NECESSITY.

IT WAS A SHOCK WHEN WE FOUND OUT

THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT
WITH JASON.

SHEILA GOT PREGNANT
WHEN SHE WAS JUST 19

AND MARRIED BILL SOON AFTER.

NOW, IT'S ALL OVER.

SHE WAS CRUSHED.

SHE JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE
THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.

THERE HAD BEEN STRUGGLES
DURING THEIR MARRIAGE,

BUT SHE WOULD SAY,

"I THOUGHT WE'D ALWAYS
GROW OLD TOGETHER.

I THOUGHT WE'D GRANDKIDS
TO PLAY WITH TOGETHER."

DAD!

YOU'RE LEAVING,
JUST LIKE THAT?

JASON TAKES HIS MOTHER'S SIDE.

IT'S NOT FAIR
THE WAY YOU TREAT MOM.

JASON, I'M NOT HAPPY.

WHAT ABOUT MOM?
YOU THINK SHE'S HAPPY?

JASON SAID, "IT'S NOT FAIR
THAT YOU TREAT MOM THIS WAY.

I'M DONE WITH YOU.
YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER."

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HERE
FOR US.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE
LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE NOT TAKING HARLEY.

- COME ON.

HE WAS VERY ANGRY WITH ME,

HE CALLED ME
A FEW BAD NAMES

AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE EXTENT

OF OUR RELATIONSHIP
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

JUST GO.

THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GOOD AT.

JASON WAS MAD AT HIS DAD

AND THAT MADE MY SISTER
FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TO KNOW

THAT SHE HAD SOMEBODY
SUPPORTING HER AND ON HER SIDE.

BILL REMARRIES,

BUT SHEILA REMAINED SINGLE
FOR FOUR YEARS.

SHE KEEPS BUSY
WITH HER LOCAL CHURCH

AND HER JOB AS A RECORDS CLERK,

BUT SHE SUFFERS FROM LONELINESS.

SHEILA HAD BEEN MARRIED
FOR 30-PLUS YEARS

AND NEVER ANTICIPATED
THE END OF HER MARRIAGE.

THAT WAS ALL SHE KNEW

AND THAT WAS ALL
SHE EXPECTED IN HER LIFE.

I REMEMBER ONCE SHE TOLD ME,
"I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM."

SHEILA MUSTERS UP
THE COURAGE TO DATE AGAIN,

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975.

SO WHAT SHOULD I DO?

OKAY, WELL YOU HAVE TO SET UP
YOUR PROFILE.

OKAY.

THE DATING WORLD SHE KNEW
HAS CHANGED COMPLETELY.

SHE ASKS HER OLDER SISTER
RHONDA FOR ADVICE.

SO, YOU WANNA
CLICK ON UPLOAD.

I MET MY SECOND HUSBAND ONLINE,

AND WE HAD A GREAT MARRIAGE.

SO, WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY ABOUT YOURSELF?

KANSAS DIVORCEE,

SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME
WITH HER DOG,

AND LOVES CHEESECAKE?

WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT WHAT SHE MIGHT WRITE

IN THAT ONLINE SUMMARY
ABOUT HERSELF.

I THINK THAT WAS
REALLY HARD FOR HER.

SHE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE."

HE'S CUTE.

SHEILA.

RHONDA ALREADY HAS CONCERNS

ABOUT SHEILA'S CHOICE
OF MEN ONLINE.

I'M NOT FOR SURE

SHE HAD THAT INTUITION
ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS READING.

IT WAS HARD
FOR HER TO KNOW

HOW TO SHUFFLE
THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

"AM I HEARING
THE TRUTH OR NOT?"

THREE MONTHS AFTER
REJOINING THE DATING WORLD,

SHEILA BEGINS HER FIRST SERIOUS
ONLINE RELATIONSHIP.

MY NAME IS WILL JOHNSTROM.

I OWN MY OWN COMPANY WORKING
IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.

LOOKING FOR A MATURE WOMAN
WHO KNOWS HER OWN MIND.

WILL JOHNSTROM
IS 15 YEARS YOUNGER THAN SHEILA.

HE IS FIT, HANDSOME.
HE'S ALMOST PERFECT.

THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS
THAT HE LIVES IN FLORIDA.

SHEILA'S RELUCTANT TO START
A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP,

BUT SHE'S INSTANTLY
ATTRACTED TO WILL.

HE WAS REALLY SOMETHING,
AND YOUNG AND BUFF.

WITH HIS SHIRT OFF,
IT WAS REALLY A WOW.

THE HOUSE WAS LIKE A MANSION.

THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE,

SO HE HAD JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING MR. WONDERFUL

WOULD HAVE AND WOULD LOOK LIKE.

MOM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE
YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS.

I DON'T?

SHEILA'S YOUNGEST SON,

32-YEAR-OLD AARON,
A POLICE OFFICER,

VISITS HIS MOTHER
IN TOPEKA FREQUENTLY.

HE'S HAPPY SHE'S
THINKING ABOUT DATING,

BUT HE'S WORRIED TOO.

PART OF MY JOB
AS A POLICE OFFICER

IS TO TEACH PEOPLE
HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE.

DON'T TELL THIS GUY
TOO MUCH.

YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL.

I TOLD HER.

NOT EVERYONE
IS WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.

YOU SEE THIS HERE?

I THINK MY MOM
WAS A POSSIBLE TARGET

BECAUSE SHE WAS
A VERY TRUSTING PERSON.

SHE GAVE PEOPLE
THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT

BEFORE KNOWING EXACTLY
WHO THEY WERE.

DESPITE HER FAMILY'S CONCERNS,

SHEILA BECOMES INFATUATED
WITH WILL.

HE SEEMS LIKE THE IDEAL MAN.

SHE WAS TELLING ME
ALL ABOUT HIM,

SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT THEY HAD HAD ONLINE.

IT DID CONCERN ME
THAT YOU COULD BE ANYTHING

YOU WANTED TO BE,

AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE CHARMING

AND SAY THE RIGHT THINGS
TO A WOMAN,

A WOMAN THINKS THAT YOU'VE GOT
HER BEST INTEREST AT HEART.

SO FAR, SHEILA
AND WILL'S ONLINE RELATIONSHIP

HASN'T INVOLVED
ANY DISCUSSION OF SEX,

BUT ALL THAT CHANGES
WHEN WILL ASKS SHEILA

TO SEND HIM A SEXY PICTURE.

SHEILA'S HESITANT.

SHE HASN'T HAD
A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE
FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

WE'RE LOOKING
AT A SITUATION

WHERE A PERSON
IS TARGETING A WOMAN ONLINE.

THE RED FLAGS
WE OFTEN SEE ARE PERSISTENCE

AND THEY WILL TRY TO GET
THAT WOMAN TO ENGAGE

EVEN IF THEY SEEM CAUTIOUS
OR RELUCTANT TO DO SO.

THEY'LL KEEP PICKING AWAY,

PICKING AWAY, AND PICKING AWAY
UNTIL THEY GET AN OPENING.

HAVING LURED SHEILA IN,

WILL JOHNSTROM REVEALS
HIS REAL SEXUAL INTERESTS...

...BONDAGE,
DOMINATION, SUBMISSION,

AND MASOCHISM -- BDSM.

FOR CHURCHGOING SHEILA,
IT'S A HUGE SHOCK.

HE KIND OF STARTS
TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES,

STARTS TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HE'S TRULY INTO --

THE BONDAGE AND THE S&M.

SHEILA'S UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH WILL'S TALK OF BDSM,

BUT SHE DOESN'T WANT
TO LOSE HIM.

MAYBE IT WAS THE HOPE
OF A POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIP

WITH THIS GUY, THAT SHE DIDN'T
WANT TO OFFEND HIM,

BUT EITHER WAY,
HE GAINED HER TRUST,

HER LURED HER IN,

AND THEN HE STARTED TALKING
ABOUT HIS DARK SIDE,

OF THE VIOLENT SEX.

58-YEAR-OLD KANSAN DIVORCEE
SHEILA HACHMEISTER

HAS BEEN LURED
INTO AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP

WITH WILL JOHNSTROM,

A HANDSOME YOUNGER MAN
FROM FLORIDA.

SHEILA'S FALLEN
IN LOVE WITH WILL,

BUT NOW TO KEEP HIM
INTERESTED IN HER,

SHE FEELS PRESSURE TO TALK
ABOUT HIS DARK OBSESSION

WITH BONDAGE AND SADOMASOCHISM.

SHE HOPES SHE'LL NEVER HAVE
TO ASK THIS OUT IN REAL LIFE.

TALKING TO THAT FLORIDA GUY
AGAIN?

JASON.

SORRY.

SHEILA'S SON JASON
STILL LIVES AT HOME.

HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT HIS MOM

HAVING A LONG-DISTANCE
ONLINE RELATIONSHIP.

WELL ARE YOU?

HIS NAME IS WILL.

HOW CAN YOU
STILL BE HUNGRY?

I TALKED WITH JASON
A FEW TIMES ABOUT IT.

HE WOULD SAY, "I'M TIRED OF HER
TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE GUYS

THAT SHE'S TALKING TO ONLINE."

IT'S JUST A LONG WAY
TO GO TO FIND

SOMEONE'S NOT
WHO THEY SAID THEY WERE.

I THINK MY BROTHER

DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF HER DATING

BECAUSE I THINK
HE WAS AFRAID OF CHANGE.

I THINK THAT IF SHE STARTED
DATING SOMEBODY ELSE

AND SOLD THE HOUSE

AND MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA
OR VIRGINIA OR WHEREVER,

THAT HE WOULD BE ON HIS OWN.

NIGHT, MOM.

WORRIED ABOUT
THE SEXUAL PRESSURE,

WILL IS PUTTING ON HER,
SHEILA RESPONDS

TO ANOTHER ONLINE SUITOR
NAMED MATT.

HE GOES BY THE USERNAME
"JAYHAWKER"

A NICKNAME
FOR A NATIVE-BORN KANSAN

HE'S HER AGE,
AN ACCOUNTANT,

AND A DOG-LOVER.

MATT SEEMS FRIENDLY
AND CHARMING.

SEEMED LIKE A DECENT GUY TO ME.

HE LOVED THE DOG,
HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY,

HE LOVED THE OUTDOORS.

I THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN ENDEARING PERSON.

DESPITE HER FEELINGS FOR WILL,

MATT SEEMS LIKE A SAFER BET.

SHEILA AGREES TO MEET UP.

BUT WILL WON'T GIVE UP

AND SHEILA CAN'T SHAKE
THE FEELINGS

SHE STILL HAS FOR HIM.

NOW, WILL'S UPPING THE ANTE.

HE ASKS SHEILA TO SEND HIM
A VIDEO OF HERSELF

IN A SUBMISSIVE POSE.

WHAT WE SEE
IN THE CHAT LOGS FROM PREDATORS

IS THAT THEY'RE RELUCTANT
TO GIVE DETAILS

THAT MIGHT EXPOSE THEM
FOR WHO THEY REALLY ARE.

AND SO WHATEVER AMBIGUITY
KIND OF LEAVING THERE ONLINE,

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE.

THEY TEND TO THE FILL THOSE IN
WITH THEIR OWN BELIEFS,

THEIR OWN ASSUMPTIONS,
AND THEIR OWN EXPECTATIONS.

WE FIND THAT PREDATORS
CAPITALIZE ON THAT

AND THAT'S REALLY HOW THEY
KIND OF SUCK THE VICTIMS IN.

SHEILA AGREES
TO THE RISQUé VIDEO.

IT'S LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2011.

I DON'T THINK WE DO THIS
HALF AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD.

SHEILA AND HER SISTERS
ARE HAVING A GET-TOGETHER.

THIS IS THE GUY.

SHEILA WORKS UP THE
COURAGE TO SHOW THEM WILL'S PROFILE.

IS THAT HIM?

YEAH.

IT --

ARE YOU SURE
THAT'S REAL?

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

I MEAN...

I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST
KANSAS, AVERAGE WOMEN HERE.

WHY IS THIS GUY INTERESTED
IN YOU OR ME OR ANY OF US,

BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE A MODEL.

SWEETIE, HE LOOKS
A LITTLE TOO PERFECT.

WILL WAS SELLING
A VERY SEDUCTIVE PROFILE

AND I WAS CONCERNED FOR THAT.

I WAS CONCERNED
THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA

BE WHO SHE THOUGHT HE WAS.

WE WERE GOING, "WAIT A MINUTE,
YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK AT THIS."

WELL, I'M GOING
DOWN TO FLORIDA.

WELL --

SWEETIE,
YOU'D LEAVE TOPEKA?

AND I ASK HER, "WOULD YOU
REALLY LEAVE YOUR BOYS

AND YOUR JOB
AND GO TO FLORIDA?"

SURE I WOULD.

AND JUST THE TONE
OF HER VOICE,

YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS REALLY
ENTHRALLED WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.

AND WILL --
HE FLIES A PLANE.

IT KIND OF CONSUMED HER.

THAT'S WHEN I SAW

HOW OVER THE EDGE SHE WAS
WITH WILL JOHNSTROM.

BUT SHEILA
DOESN'T TELL HER SISTERS

THE WHOLE TRUTH...

...OR HOW FAR
SHE'S AGREED TO GO.

SHEILA IS A VERY PRIVATE PERSON,

SO I PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW
ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON.

WE HAD ALL GONE TO BED

AND AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING,

SHE WAS STILL UP
TALKING TO THIS WILL,

AND I WAS A LITTLE
WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

GOOD NIGHT, SWEETIE.

GOOD NIGHT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME,

WILL SUGGESTS
THEY MEET IN PERSON.

MAYBE IF SHE MEETS HIM,

HE'LL FINALLY LET GO
OF HIS DARK SEXUAL OBSESSION

AND THEY CAN BE THE COUPLE
SHEILA WANTS THEM TO BE.

AT 4:00 P.M.
ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2011,

SHEILA'S SON JASON ARRIVES HOME
AFTER RUNNING SOME ERRANDS.

911.
What's your emergency?

MY MOTHER'S LYING
IN A PUDDLE OF HER OWN BLOOD.

GEEZ, THERE'S SOMETHING
AROUND HER NECK.

- Can you --
- SHE'S NOT BREATHING.

Can you loosen
what's around her neck?

SHE'S NOT BREATHING.

FOUR MONTHS
AFTER BEGINNING AN ONLINE AFFAIR

WITH WILL JOHNSTROM,

A MAN OBSESSED WITH BONDAGE
AND SADOMASOCHISM,

SHEILA HACHMEISTER

IS DISCOVERED
BRUTALLY MURDERED IN HER HOME.

SHEILA'S EX-HUSBAND BILL ARRIVES
AT THE HOUSE AT 6:00 P.M.

ALL I SAW WAS THE HOUSE
WRAPPED IN YELLOW TAPE

AND THE POLICE OFFICERS
OUT FRONT.

MY HEART WAS RACING.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU, SIR.

I WAS STUNNED
AND I WAS IN SHOCK.

MY CELLPHONE WAS RINGING

AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
IT WAS RINGING.

SIR,
YOUR PHONE'S RINGING.

YEP.

Yeah, is this Aaron Hachmeister?

YES, IT IS.

It's Detective Dickey
of the Topeka PD.

30 MILES AWAY,
SHEILA'S YOUNGEST SON, AARON,

IS ABOUT TO START
A LATE SHIFT

AT THE LAWRENCE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHEN DETECTIVE DICKEY CALLED ME,
I REMEMBER ANSWERING THE PHONE.

Aaron, um...

There's no easy way to say this.

YOUR MOTHER'S
BEEN MURDERED.

HE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS STABBED

AND THAT SHE WAS STRANGLED.

IT JUST FELT LIKE
A PIECE OF ME WAS GONE.

IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT
TELLING SOMEONE

THAT THEIR LOVED ONE
HAS PASSED AWAY,

LET ALONE BEEN MURDERED.

IT HITS HOME,
IT PULLS AT YOUR HEART STRINGS

BECAUSE THIS IS
A FELLOW POLICE OFFICER

THAT WOULD DIE FOR YOU
IF NEED BE.

I FELT THAT I HAD NO CHOICE,

BUT TO SOLVE THIS CASE FOR HIM.

I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT
OF HORRENDOUS CRIMES,

BUT THIS ONE REALLY KIND
OF ROCKS YOU TO THE CORE.

ACROSS TOWN
AT THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT,

JASON HACHMEISTER

IS HELPING DETECTIVES PIECE
TOGETHER THE LAST FEW HOURS

OF HIS MOM'S LIFE.

ONCE AGAIN, I'M VERY SORRY
FOR YOUR LOSS.

HE'S SHAKEN FROM DISCOVERING
HIS MOM'S DEAD BODY,

BUT PERHAPS
HE CAN HELP DETECTIVES

TRACK DOWN HER KILLER.

JASON FILLS THE DETECTIVE
IN ON WHAT HAPPENED

WHEN HE LEFT THE HOUSE
AROUND 11:30 THAT MORNING.

MOM?

MOM, I'M GOING OUT FOR COFFEE,
THEN I'M GOING TO GRANDPA'S.

HE LEFT
THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR

WITHOUT HAVING SPOKEN
TO HIS MOM.

HE RETURNED
ALMOST FIVE HOURS LATER.

AT SHEILA'S HOUSE, DETECTIVES
DOCUMENT THE CRIME SCENE.

IT WASN'T A TYPICAL CRIME SCENE.

IT WAS VERY QUIET
AND ALMOST EERIE.

THE RADIO WAS
ON IN THE BACKGROUND.

♪ FALLING OUT OF LOVE AGAIN ♪

THERE WAS A DOG BARKING.

THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ANY TYPE
OF FORCED ENTRY TO THE DOOR.

ALL THE WINDOWS WERE SECURE.

THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE
ANY TYPE OF BURGLARY.

SHEILA LIES HALF-NAKED
IN A POOL OF BLOOD.

SHE'S BEEN BEATEN
AND CHOKED TO DEATH.

I COULD SEE BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

SHE WAS ONLY WEARING
PANTIES AND A T-SHIRT

THAT WAS PARTIALLY PULLED UP.

SHE WAS STRUCK
IN THE HEAD FIRST.

SHE HAD MORE THAN 20 STAB WOUNDS
ON HER HEAD.

FROM THERE,
THE KILLER TOOK A BREAK

TO GO GET THE MURDER WEAPON
THAT WAS ULTIMATELY USED.

THE KILLER GOT ON HER BACK,

WRAPPED TWINE
AROUND HER NECK,

AND THEN JUST PULLED IT
UNTIL SHE WAS DEAD.

THE FACT THAT THE ATTACKER
LEFT HER LYING THERE,

LET HER BLEED,

AND THEN CAME BACK WITH THE ROPE

AND FINISHED HER OFF
BY STRANGLING HER,

I MEAN, THAT TELLS ME

THAT THE KILLER
WAS EXTREMELY COLD-BLOODED,

EXTREMELY VIOLENT,

HAS NO SOUL, NO HEART.

WE HAD TO GET
THE GUY THAT DID THIS.

I BELIEVED IF I DIDN'T CATCH
THE PERSON THAT DID THIS,

THEY WOULD ATTACK AGAIN.

FORENSICS DETECTIVES
TAKE DNA SAMPLES

FROM THE MURDER WEAPON.

THEY FIND BLOOD SMEARS

IN THE BATHROOM,
INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE.

WE USED LUMINOL,
WHICH IS A REACTING AGENT.

WHEN IT REACTS WITH BLOOD
IN LOW LIGHT, IT WILL GLOW.

THIS SHOWED US THAT THE KILLER
WENT INTO THE BATHROOM

AND WASHED UP.

AT 6:30 P.M.,
SHEILA'S EX-HUSBAND BILL

ARRIVES AT THE POLICE STATION.

WHEN I FIRST SAW JASON,
HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.

HE'D BEEN CRYING

AND HE NEEDED A HUG

AND I HUGGED HIM
AND TOLD HIM I LOVE HIM,

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I ASKED HIM
WHAT HAD HAPPENED,

WHAT HE HAD SEEN.

SHEILA'S FAMILY
TRIES TO PIECE TOGETHER

WHAT COULD'VE HAPPENED.

IT SHOCKS YOU IN YOUR HEART.

YOU JUST, YOU CAN'T BREATHE FOR,
UM, MINUTES.

YOUR MIND RACES
TO WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

YOUR MIND RACES
TO THE LAST MEMORIES YOU HAD

AND WAS THERE ANY CLUE
TO ANYTHING

THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION

JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS EARLIER.

IT'S DEVASTATING.

MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS, WELL,

DID SHE MAKE SOMEBODY UPSET

THAT SHE HAD BEEN
TALKING WITH ONLINE?

I WAS REALLY SCARED

THAT SOMEBODY FOUND HER,
FOLLOWED HER HOME,

OR WAS OBSESSED
IN SOME STRANGE WAY.

I THOUGHT THAT INTERNET CREEPERS
HAD CAUGHT UP WITH HER.

DURING THE SEARCH
OF THE HOUSE,

INVESTIGATORS
FIND HANDWRITTEN NOTES

ABOUT SHEILA'S ONLINE SUITORS.

WHEN SHEILA WAS FOUND,
SHE WAS PARTIALLY CLOTHED.

THERE WASN'T REALLY
ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCENE

THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT SHE MAY
HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED,

BUT ONCE WE FOUND OUT

THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED
IN SOME ONLINE DATING ACTIVITIES

AND THEN BASED ON THE STATE
OF HER UNDRESS,

IT BECAME A QUESTION.

THE NEXT DAY, DETECTIVES

DIG INTO SHEILA'S ONLINE LIFE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

THEY UNCOVER HER CHAT LOGS
AND TEXT MESSAGES.

HAVING THESE TYPES
OF CONVERSATIONS, IT WAS ODD.

IT REALLY WAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
SOMEWHAT EXCITING FOR HER

BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

FROM WHAT SHE'S USED TO.

MAYBE SHE WAS TRYING
TO LIVE A DOUBLE LIFE.

THERE WERE THINGS THAT
I KNOW WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT.

SHE DID SAY SOMETHING TO ME --

"WELL, IF SOMEBODY EVER
FOUND MY CELL PHONE,

THEY'D GET AN EARFUL."

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
I WAS SHOCKED.

THAT DID NOT SOUND
LIKE MY SISTER AT ALL.

DETECTIVES NOTICED
THAT WILL JOHNSTROM

MENTIONED CHOKING AS PART OF SEX
IN E-MAILS TO SHEILA,

WHO WAS FOUND CHOKED TO DEATH.

WILLIAM JOHNSTROM
WAS CONSIDERED PROBABLY

THE PRIMARY PERSON OF INTEREST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE HIM
INTERESTING WAS THE FACT

HE WAS INTERESTED
IN THIS BONDAGE,

SADOMASOCHISTIC LIFESTYLE,

THEN YOU HAVE DETECTIVES
GOING, "WELL, OKAY,

MAYBE THIS IS TIED
INTO THE BDS&M THING.

ALL WE KNEW ABOUT WILL JOHNSTROM

WAS A SCREEN NAME
AND SOME TEXT MESSAGES.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, HE COULD BE
ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SOME OF THE STATEMENTS
HE MADE, LIKE THE FACT

THAT HE OWNED A PLANE

OR THE FACT
THAT HE LIVED A CERTAIN PLACE,

WE COULDN'T FIND
THAT ANY OF THAT WAS TRUE.

MY NAME IS WILL JOHNSTROM.

I OWN MY OWN COMPANY

WORKING IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
FROM FLORIDA.

LOVE MOTORCYCLES

AND LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL.

LOOKING FOR A MATURE WOMAN

WHO KNOWS HER OWN MIND.

THE BEST WE CAN TELL
IS WILL JOHNSTROM WAS A GHOST.

HE'S A MADE-UP PERSON.

THE PICTURE OF THE PLANE
WITH THE TAIL-FIN NUMBER,

THE BEST WE CAN TELL
IS THAT NUMBER DOES NOT EXIST.

HE'LL PUT ON THE WEBSITE
FICTITIOUS PICTURES,

POSSIBLY EVEN PHOTOSHOPPED.

HE MAKES HIMSELF SOUND
BETTER THAN HE REALLY IS.

IF YOU WANT TO BE ONLINE
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE FOUND,

YOU CAN DO THAT.

WILL HAS ALSO
HIDDEN HIS I.P. ADDRESS.

HE CANNOT BE TRACED ONLINE,

BUT DETECTIVES DO HAVE
A CELLPHONE NUMBER FOR HIM.

FROM THE MESSAGES
ON SHEILA'S CELLPHONE,

IT SHOWED THAT SHE HAD BEEN
TEXTING WILL JOHNSTROM

IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF THE DAY SHE WAS KILLED.

THE VOICEMAIL WAS
A GENERIC VOICEMAIL.

Hello, no one is available
to take your call.

Please leave a message
after the tone.

THE CELLPHONE
WAS A PREPAY CELL PHONE.

WITH PREPAY CELL PHONES,

YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED
TO GIVE SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION.

WILL THE OWNER
OF THIS PHONE,

PLEASE CALL ME BACK AT 876...

THERE WAS NO WAY
TO REACH THIS PERSON

AND SO IT ALL STARTED
MAKING A LOT MORE SENSE.

HE'S NOT WHO HE SAID HE WAS.

HE'S SOME MADE-UP PERSON.

WELL, I'M JUST ME.

WHAT YOU SEE IS...

WHAT YOU GET.

ALTHOUGH WILL AND SHEILA

TALKED ABOUT MEETING IN PERSON,

POLICE CAN'T FIND
ANY EVIDENCE

IN THEIR CHAT LOGS
THAT THEY DID,

BUT THEY DO FIND EVIDENCE
THAT SHEILA MET JAYHAWKER,

WHOSE REAL NAME IS MATT STONE,

JUST SIX DAYS BEFORE HER DEATH.

SHEILA AND MATT SPENT THE NIGHT

IN A HOTEL IN ABILENE, KANSAS.

THE FACT THAT SHE MET MATT
A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE SHE DIED

DOES MAKE HIM MORE INTERESTING

SIMPLY BECAUSE IT SEEMED
LIKE HE HAD

A BETTER OPPORTUNITY
TO KILL HER.

PERHAPS JAYHAWKER KNEW
WHERE SHEILA LIVED.

HELLO?

Yeah, this is detective Dickey.

DETECTIVES INTERVIEW HIM
OVER THE PHONE.

WHERE WERE YOU
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th?

I WAS IN FORT WORTH,
TEXAS, WORKING.

MATT CLAIMS
THAT HE WAS OUT OF TOWN

WHEN SHEILA WAS MURDERED.

HIS ALIBI CHECKS OUT.

THE ONLINE INVESTIGATION
HAS HIT A BRICK WALL.

YEAH, WHEN DO WE GET
THE LAB RESULTS?

AS DETECTIVES
WAIT FOR THE DNA RESULTS

FROM THE CRIME SCENE,
A STRANGE LETTER ARRIVES.

IT'S ADDRESSED
TO THE HOMICIDE DIVISION.

YEAH, I GOTTA
CALL YOU BACK.

WE RECEIVED BIBLE PAGES
ANONYMOUSLY

AND THESE BIBLE PAGES
HAD WORDS UNDERLINED.

ONCE YOU PUT THE WORDS IN ORDER,
IT TURNED OUT

THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY
A CONFESSION BY THE TRUE KILLER.

SOMEONE CLAIMING TO
HAVE KILLED SHEILA HACHMEISTER

HAS WRITTEN ANONYMOUSLY
TO THE TOPEKA POLICE.

THE CODED LETTER WAS MADE
FROM TORN-OUT PAGES

OF THE BIBLE.

JOINED TOGETHER,

THE UNDERLINED LETTERS
SPELL OUT A CHILLING MESSAGE.

HEY, LISTEN TO THIS.

"I HIT ON HER AT A LOCAL BAR
AND SHE DISRESPECTED ME,

SO I FOLLOWED HER HOME
THAT NIGHT

TO SEE WHERE SHE LIVED.

I WAITED FOR DAYS.

SEPTEMBER 10th,
I PARKED UP THE STREET.

THE SILVER CAR LEFT.

I USED A BUMP KEY."

"SHE SCREAMED
WHEN SHE SAW ME,

SO I HIT HER WITH MY WEAPON.

SHE WENT DOWN
BUT WAS NOT DEAD.

I CHOKED HER
TO MAKE HER SHUT UP.

I STRANGLED HER, AND I WANT
CREDIT FOR MY MURDER."

"THIS WAS NOT MY FIRST TIME

AND WON'T BE MY LAST,
SO GOOD LUCK.

BYE BYE."

THE LETTER EXPLAINS
WHY THERE WERE NO SIGNS

OF FORCED ENTRY.

THE SELF-PROCLAIMED TRUE KILLER
HAD A BUMP KEY.

ESSENTIALLY A BUMP KEY
WILL JAM OPEN ALL THE TUMBLERS

AND YOU CAN FORCE YOUR WAY
IN THROUGH A LOCK.

THE AUTHOR OF THIS LETTER
KNEW DETAILS

THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC
DIDN'T KNOW.

WHAT REALLY BOTHERED ME WAS
THE LAST LINE

WHERE HE SAID
HE WILL DO THIS AGAIN.

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,

MORE LETTERS ARRIVE WRITTEN
IN DIFFERENT CODES.

SOME OF THE LETTERS,

WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIPHER.

"A" EQUALED "C,"
"B" EQUALED "D,"

AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT ONE THING
ABOUT ALL OF THESE LETTERS,

THEY WERE ALL SIGNED
THE SAME WAY

WITH THE TWO WORDS "BYE BYE."

THE AUTHOR OF THE LETTERS

PURPORTED TO BE
WRITING THOSE LETTERS

BECAUSE HE WANTED CREDIT
FOR THE KILLING

OF SHEILA HACHMEISTER

AND HE FELT SLIGHTED
FOR NOT GETTING CREDIT,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

THE AUTHOR WENT TO GREAT PAINS
TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY.

THE LETTERS ARE SENT
FOR DNA AND FINGERPRINT TESTING,

NO TRACE OF EITHER CAN BE FOUND.

AS DETECTIVES STRUGGLE TO TRACK
DOWN THE AUTHOR OF THE LETTERS,

THEY RECEIVE A CRUCIAL PIECE
OF EVIDENCE...

FORENSICS. GOOD.

...THE CRIME-SCENE DNA RESULTS.

AND THEY TAKE THE INVESTIGATION
IN A SHOCKING NEW DIRECTION.

DNA RESULTS SHOWED

THAT ANY MALE MEMBER
OF THE HACHMEISTER FAMILY

COULD HAVE LEFT THAT DNA

ON THE LIGATURE
AROUND SHEILA'S NECK.

THE DNA IMPLICATED
EVERYBODY IN HER MALE LINE,

SO THAT WOULD BE HER SONS
AND HER EX-HUSBAND.

THIS WAS A HUGE PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE FOR US.

THE CORONER REVEALS

THAT SHEILA COULD'VE BEEN
MURDERED AT ANY POINT

DURING A 12-HOUR PERIOD.

DETECTIVES
MUST TRACE THE WHEREABOUTS

OF EVERY MALE HACHMEISTER
FOR THOSE 12 HOURS.

WE KNOW AT THE TIME AARON
WAS AT WORK IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

YEP.

WE KNOW THAT BILL
WAS IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS,

CELEBRATING
HIS WEDDING ADVERSARY.

AND THAT ONLY LEFT JASON.

JASON'S ALIBI ON THE DAY
WAS HE HAD LEFT LATE MORNING.

HE'D GONE OUT FOR COFFEE.

HE'D RUN SOME ERRANDS,
AND HE'D GONE BY TO SEE

HIS GRANDFATHER
AT THE NURSING HOME.

WE WERE ABLE TO PULL
SECURITY-CAMERA FOOTAGE

FROM ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES

AND SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY
CONFIRMED HIS PRESENCE THERE.

HIS ALIBI DID CHECK OUT.

HE WAS TELLING US THE TRUTH
ABOUT WHERE HE WAS AT.

HOWEVER,
FOR SOME OF THOSE 12 HOURS,

JASON WAS AT HOME
WITH HIS MOTHER.

DETECTIVE DICKEY PULLS HIM
IN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

ALL RIGHT, JASON.

ONE OF THE THINGS
WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT

WITH ANY KIND DNA EVIDENCE
IS CONTAMINATION OF THE SAMPLE,

SO JUST BECAUSE YOU FIND DNA
IN A CERTAIN LOCATION,

DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW
HOW IT GOT THERE.

THERE IS A REASON JASON'S DNA

COULD'VE BEEN ON THAT LIGATURE.

HE DISCOVERED HIS MOM'S
DEAD BODY.

WHEN HE CALLED 911,

THEY TOLD HIM TO TRY
TO PROVIDE CPR TO HER.

I ASKED HIM SEVERAL TIMES
IF IT WAS POSSIBLE

THAT HE TOUCHED THE LIGATURE
WITH HIS BARE HANDS.

HE'S TELLING ME ONE THING,
BUT I KNOW ANOTHER.

I KNOW THAT HE TOUCHED
THAT LIGATURE

WITH HIS BARE HANDS.

DETECTIVE DICKEY
BECOMES CONVINCED JASON IS LYING.

THE DNA EVIDENCE IMPLICATES HIM,

BUT ON ITS OWN, IT'S NOT ENOUGH
FOR A CONVICTION.

DICKEY NEEDS A CONFESSION.

THIS TIME
I WENT AT HIM PRETTY HARD.

I TOOK THE APPROACH OF JUST
TRYING TO PISS HIM OFF.

I ACCUSED HIM FLAT OUT
OF KILLING HIS MOM.

I COULD NEVER REALLY
ELICIT A RESPONSE OUT OF HIM.

I WANTED HIM TO ADMIT
WHAT HE DID TO HIS MOTHER,

AND I DID NOT GET IT.

BUT JUST AS DETECTIVE
DICKEY HITS A WALL WITH JASON,

THE CASE
TAKES ANOTHER STUNNING TURN.

THE HOMICIDE DIVISION
RECEIVES A CALL

FROM AN EROTIC DANCER

WHO ENTERTAINS CLIENTS
INTERESTED IN BONDAGE

AND SADOMASOCHISM.

THAT MURDER IN TOPEKA,
I KNOW WHO KILLED THE LADY.

THIS LADY TOLD ME
THAT SHE MET SOMEONE

WHO CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY

FOR THE MURDER
OF SHEILA HACHMEISTER.

IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS

SINCE SHEILA HACHMEISTER WAS
STABBED AND STRANGLED TO DEATH

IN HER OWN HOME.

HAVING FAILED
TO GET HER SON JASON

TO CONFESS AFTER HIS DNA
WAS FOUND ON THE MURDER WEAPON,

DETECTIVES RECEIVE
A SHOCKING NEW LEAD.

AN EROTIC DANCER AT
A TOPEKA STRIP CLUB HAS REPORTED

THAT SHE SPOKE TO A MAN

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE
MURDERED A LOCAL WOMAN.

EGYPT CARSON.

SO...

THIS GUY COMES IN.

HE ASKED
FOR A PRIVATE DANCE.

I'M TALKING TO THIS LADY
AT THE CLUB.

SHE TELLS ME THIS GUY COMES IN,

HE'S BUYING DRINKS
FOR EVERYBODY.

HE'S JUST THROWING MONEY
AROUND LIKE HE'S SOME BIG SHOT.

HE SAID,
"HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DANCE

FOR A COLD-BLOODED MURDERER?"

THIS LADY DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM.

SHE BLEW IT OFF.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A DRUNK.

THEY'VE HEARD TALL TALES BEFORE

WORKING
IN THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY,

BUT THIS PERSON
WAS SO PERSISTENT.

HE WOULD PHYSICALLY GRAB THEM
AND PULL THEM BACK TO HIM.

HE'S BRAGGING
THAT HE HAD KILLED HIS MOTHER.

I HACKED HER UP
IN THAT HOUSE.

HE JUST FLAT OUT
TOLD THEM THAT HE KILLED HER,

THAT HE HACKED
THAT BITCH TO DEATH.

IS HE IN ONE OF THESE
PICTURES?

HIM.

JASON HACHMEISTER,

I'M ARRESTING YOU FOR THE MURDER
OF SHEILA HACHMEISTER.

STEP OUTSIDE.

TWO DAYS LATER,
JASON HACHMEISTER IS ARRESTED.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

DETECTIVE DICKEY FINALLY
HAS THE CONFESSION HE NEEDS.

I FELT LIKE A BIG WEIGHT
HAD BEEN LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDER.

I FELT I WAS GETTING JUSTICE
FOR HIS FAMILY.

I FELT LIKE I WAS
GETTING JUSTICE FOR SHEILA.

IN JAIL,
PENDING INDICTMENT

JASON MAKES HIS FINAL MISTAKE.

HE'S CAUGHT SENDING
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER

CLAIMING A MYSTERY MAN
MURDERED HIS MOTHER.

ONCE WE GOT THE FACT

THAT HE WROTE
ONE OF THE LETTERS,

WE COULD THEN USE THAT
AS A SAMPLE

TO COMPARE ALL THE OTHER LETTERS

AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY
TIED EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR US.

THAT WAS THE LAST
MAJOR PIECE OF EVIDENCE

IN THE CASE AGAINST HIM.

DURING HIS TRIAL,
JASON'S DEFENSE TEAM

ARGUES THAT A MYSTERIOUS
ONLINE LOVER MURDERED SHEILA --

WILL JOHNSTROM.

BUT THE JURY'S
VERDICT IS UNANIMOUS.

JASON HACHMEISTER
IS FOUND GUILTY

AND SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS

WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THE MURDER
OF HIS MOTHER.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING THAT SOMEBODY

THAT YOU GAVE BIRTH TO
AND RAISED AND LOVED COULD HAVE

THAT MUCH VENOM IN THEIR HEART
TO HAVE DONE THAT.

THE MOMENT SHE KNEW HER SON

SHE'D GAVE BIRTH
TO WAS DOING THIS TO HER,

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT,

WHAT A MOTHER WOULD BE
THINKING OR FEELING.

THAT DAY
I DIDN'T LOSE JUST MY MOTHER,

I ALSO LOST MY BROTHER.

I CONSIDER MYSELF
KIND OF AN ONLY CHILD NOW.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
KNOWING THAT MY SON DID THAT.

IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS

AND IT STILL DOESN'T
FEEL IT'S REAL.

I THINK THE FAMILY
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW --

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW --
WHY THIS HAPPENED.

I DON'T KNOW
THAT WE'LL EVER KNOW EXACTLY

WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH JASON'S MIND

WHEN HE KILLED HIS MOM.

WE BELIEVE SHEILA
CONFRONTED JASON

ABOUT NEEDING TO MOVE OUT

SO THEY COULD BOTH MOVE
FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES,

AND WE THINK THAT'S
WHAT TRIGGERED JASON'S RAGE.